Information Addicts

How would like to have all the photos from your camera wirelessly and invisibly uploaded to your computer automatically?
No buttons, no antennas, and no wires.
Well now you can, with the Eye-Fi Wireless SD memory card, which looks like a normal 2GB memory card and works with nearly any camera that takes SD memory. If your camera uses a compact flash card don’t worry as you can purchase your Eye-fi with it bundled in, (which costs extra).
Here’s how it works:
All you need to do is set up the card once, with the included USB card reader (tell it which wireless network it should use, and type in the password if you have one), choose the photo sharing service of your choice (you have plenty of options), then slip the card in your camera.
Not only can you upload your images to your computer, but you can also upload them to Flickr, Facebook, Picasa (or 14 others) wirelessly, and automatically!
When the card is set up, and whenever your camera is near the wireless network you selected, Eye-fi will upload all your photos (JPEGs only) to your online photo sharing service. Next time your computer’s online, they’ll download there, too!

Unfortunately the Eye-Fi is not yet certified for use outside the United States. However it will be available in the UK and other parts of the world soon.

The downside to this Wireless card is that you cannot upload Raw pictures, and I think it is a little bit expensive. However as this card becomes more popular and more are produced, I would expect the cost to come down. After all, you will always pay more for the latest technology.

The card costs $99 (£50) and can be purchased from Amazon.com.
Here is the link to the Eye-fi website.

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